Monday, April 21, 2008

video reflection! (:

The video is stereotypical as it overgeneralises the male and female characteristics and only represents the majority without considering exceptions. Thus, it's accurate only to some extent.

Some of the stereotypes are actually good representitives of male and female idiosyncracies. Examples are the one on going to the toilets and the one about watching a romantic movie. We think that the differences are due to our different genetic make up. Most women are by nature more sensitive to emotions and thus would be able to appreciate romantic movies more than males.

However, some of the stereotypes are outdated and old-fashioned in our opinion. This is due to the changing social views where the line seperating both gender roles is becoming less clear. For example, the scene which shows what a guy or a girl does when he or she reaches home is too stereotypical. Nowadays, women are redusingly associated with housework while some men are increasingly sharing the housework. Therefore, not many women go home and immediately start cleaning the house and males might not just go home and sleep or watch soccer.

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members: lionel, serene, andrea, toan, xiaoxiao xD

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